#4E2C97#4E2C97

#4E2C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.164 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C97
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 41.15, -53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 67.23, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.0612 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.164 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6269, 5.6551, 29.8565)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C97 #75972C

analogous

#2C4097 #4E2C97 #832C97

triadic

#4E2C97 #974E2C #2C974E

tetradic

#4E2C97 #972C40 #75972C #2C9783

square

#4E2C97 #972C40 #75972C #2C9783

split-complementary

#4E2C97 #97832C #40972C

monochromatic

#1D1038 #361E68 #4E2C97 #673AC6 #8B6AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4E2C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E2C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C97

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C97	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.164 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b6',
    500: '#4e2c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c97;
$custom-light: #8768b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.065,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40192,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C97

secondary

#9FBA65

accent

#DE4AAF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C97

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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